T95 Why Earth Science Curriculum: National Science Foundation–Funded Projects for Improving Earth Science Education (Posters)

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  IMPACTS OF THE COLLABORATIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHER PREPARATION (CETP-PA) UPON THE GEOLOGY CURRICULUM AT SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY
  Patrick A. Burkhart, Slippery Rock Univeristy, Slippery Rock, PA
  75240 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE PROTOTYPE PLUME BUSTERS SOFTWARE: A NEW TOOL FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN SECONDARY AND UNDERGRADUATE-LEVEL EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
  P.A. Macfarlane, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Geoffrey C. Bohling, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and M.A. Townsend, The Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  75388 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  NANO2EARTH: INTRODUCING NANOTECHNOLOGY THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, FOR SECONDARY BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TEACHERS
  Susan C. Eriksson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Andrew S. Madden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and George Glasson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, N/A and Michael Hochella, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Madeline E. Schreiber, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  75647 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SEQUENCE OF INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY TOPICS: WHEN SHOULD PLATE TECTONICS BE TAUGHT?
  Scott P. Hippensteel, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC and Reed A. Schwimmer, Rider Univ, Lawrenceville, NJ
  78294 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SE MAPS: A HANDS-ON INTEGRATED CURRICULUM PACKAGE INTRODUCING REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM
  John R. Wagner, Clemson Univ, Clemson, SC and Gail Russell, Univ of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS and G. Michael Clark, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and James R. Anderson, Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL and Jonathan Arthur, FDEP, Tallahassee, FL and Michael A. Gibson, Univ of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN and Pamela Gore, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA and Thomas Hanley, Columbus State Univ, Columbus, GA and Nancy Huebner, Fernbank Sci Ctr, Atlanta, GA and Hugh H. Mills, Tennessee Technological Univ, Cookeville, TN
  78403 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CONSTRUCTING AN INTERACTIVE SANDSTONE PETROLOGY CD FOR UNDERGRADUATES: BRINGING A CLASSICAL SUBJECT INTO THE DIGITAL AGE
  Suk-Joo S. Choh, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Kitty L. Milliken, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Earle F. McBride, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  80319 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  EARTHCOMM: AN NSF-FUNDED EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL
  Michael J. Smith, Newark, DE
  80735 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  COLLEGE STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT
  Melanie M.D. Busch, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Stephen J. Reynolds, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  80755 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MAKING INQUIRY-BASED EARTH SCIENCE RELEVANT AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LOS ANGELES: LOS ANGELES SCIENCE EDUCATION REFORM SYSTEM (LASERS)
  Myrna Hipol Estrada, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA and Roderic Brame, T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, VA and Todd Ullah, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA and Lee Meadows, Univ of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL and Barbara Zahm, It's About Time Publishing, A Herff Jones Education Div, Armonk, NY
  80932 (Technical Sessions)